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A few posters who contribute articles and great relevant content to other forums I'm a member of are annoyed at Photobucket now holding their contributions to ransom by demanding $399 for hosted images they've used. I hope imgur and others don't follow suit.
Full article https://www.ghacks.net/2017/06/30/photobucket-now-charges-399-for-third-party-hosted-images/
All Photobucket images hosted on third-party sites, at least from what we can tell, are replaced by a dummy image. It reads: Please update your account to enable 3rd party hosting. For important info, please go to www.photobucket.com/P500.
According to some users that we spoke with who are affected by this, this happened without prior notice or any form of warning on Photobucket's part.
Photobucket defines third-party hosting (what is with using 3rd instead of third?) as embedding an image or photo on another website. This includes embedding photos on forums, eBay, Etsy, Craigslist or another other site on the Internet that is not Photobucket.com.
For users who are affected by this, it is important to note that the images are not gone. They are still hosted on Photobucket, and you can actually load them right then and there by right-clicking on them and selecting "open image in new tab" or "open link in new tab" depending on the web browser that you are using. This opens the Photobucket website where the original image is displayed.
The problem right now is however that Photobucket has been used as a host for images for years on many sites on the Internet. And it is not even the case that the site owner can do something about it if other members of the site have embedded photos from Photobucket as the disabling is account linked.
Full article https://www.ghacks.net/2017/06/30/photobucket-now-charges-399-for-third-party-hosted-images/